# Consensus / Availability

> "consensus" (execution-core layer) is traded against "Availability" (correctness-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Availability" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:availability-consensus`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-availability-consensus

## tensions-with

- [Consensus](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/consensus.md)
- [Availability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/availability.md)